Business Services Industry

Marathon Electric Purchase Completed.(Originated from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, March, 1997 by Romell, Rick

Mar. 27--Regal-Beloit Corp. completed its purchase of Marathon Electric Manufacturing Corp. Wednesday, but for $278 million -- $38 million more than initially envisioned.

Regal-Beloit's announcement one month ago of an agreement to buy Wausau-based Marathon Electric for $240 million attracted a competitor and touched off a bidding war that boosted the price nearly 16 percent.

But Regal-Beloit, a Beloit-based, publicly traded manufacturer known for keeping a close eye on the bottom line, remains convinced its cash transaction is a solid purchase.

"We thought we had a great deal at $240 million," chief financial officer Kenneth Kaplan said. "At $278 million, we think we have a very good deal."

Robert W. Baird & Co....

Premium Content Partnership | HighBeam Research provides an in-depth online archive library of reference works. HighBeam Research

 

BNET TalkbackShare your ideas and expertise on this topic

Please add your comment:

  1. You are currently: a Guest |
  2.  

Basic HTML tags that work in comments are: bold (<b></b>), italic (<i></i>), underline (<u></u>), and hyperlink (<a href></a)

advertisement
advertisement
  • Click Here
  • Click Here
  • Click Here
advertisement